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Overview

Eddie Senta has a problem, in this hard-boiled, fast-paced novel of crime. His attractive second wife, a highly successful marketing research executive who hears her biological clock loudly ticking, wants a baby. She also wants Eddie to clean up his act. Their marriage is going bad.

Nothing's going great for Eddie, in fact. His stints as a firecracker word processor in the legitimate business world dull him, and the kick he once got running for the mob has turned into mere efficiency. Maybe it's a midlife crisis, like his wife's unsympathetic therapist says.

Uneasy with the feeling that his world is daily shrinking, Eddie seizes the opportunity, when it presents itself, to make an easy score and at the same time to help out a friend. While Eddie by no means needs the five grand he'll make on the deal, he longs for the thrill--and the reinvigoration of his stale fortyish self--that a quick, uncomplicated robbery might bring.

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About the Author

Charlie Stella is a former window cleaner/word processor/knockaround guy. He left his knockaround life after meeting his wife (for whom he wrote his first published novel in an attempt to impress her). He’s since written six critically acclaimed crime novels about the New York City underworld that feature recurring characters on both sides of the law.

Editorial Reviews

"Fresh, fast anddarkly-funny. A sure-footed debut from a writer with a spare, no-nonsense prose style who can make you like characters you think you shouldn't." – Kirkus *Starred* Review

Kirkus Reviews

"… this is a fast-paced novel peopled with quirky characters you want to hate but just cant. If you like the caper novels of Elmore Leonard, you’ll love EDDIES WORLD."

Toby Bromberg

"Stella's characters are all too believable, and the novel manages a lightness throughout despite its dark subject matter. Written by an off off Broadway playwright, this promising first novel should move from library shelves where crime fiction is popular."

Library Journal

"This is Charlie Stella’s first novel. Readers may be reminded, in both style and substance, of George V. Higgins’ underworld thrillers, especially the classic “The Friends of Eddie Coyle.” The comparison is not odious; Stella stacks up well against the master. He plots cleverly, keeps his finger firmly on the suspense button and moves the action along briskly.

Robert Wade

"...the plan is to break into the office where Senta last worked and steal the fifteen-thousand dollars his ex-boss has stashed away there. Sprinkle the scene then with Russian Mafiosi, the FBI, Irish fences, along with old-time Italian gangsters, and things liven up way beyond Senta's expectations. For the reader who is looking for a fast-moving suspense story, EDDIE'S WORLD will fill the bill."

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Interesting take on a middle aged gangster caught between the need to reform and a mid-life crisis. Good dialogue and enough realistic bad luck to make it believable.
J.R. Locke Author of Possible Twenty, a Gangster Tale & Down and Out in Manhattan.

ChrisLaTray

More than 1 year ago

Charlie Stella is one of the best writers going in the crime fiction world, and this, his debut, is a perfect example of that. Outstanding characters (even the bit parts are memorable), great, GREAT, dialogue, and a story that twists and turns to a blast of a climax. Great stuff.

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